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'A new level': Trump mocked for pushing law to ban something 'already against the law'

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are holding a big press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Friday where they will reportedly propose a bill that was already passed 28 years ago in 1996.

According to USA Today, the men will demand passage of a bill that would prevent immigrants from voting in an election. The problem is that this is already a law on the books.

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'More choices': Kari Lake appears to drop previous hardline pro-life stance in new video

Kari Lake flipped again on her stance for women's reproductive freedom Thursday, easing off her hardline pro-choice stance and saying she wants to make sure 'every woman who finds herself pregnant has more choices."

After teasing a release of her position late Wednesday, she dropped a more than 5-minute video where she uses the words "choice" and "choices" twice within the first 28 seconds of the video.

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'Confused' Trump may have accidentally struck a win for American civil liberties: analyst

An ongoing false claim from former President Donald Trump about the Russia investigation may have had the unintended consequence of dismantling a longstanding surveillance program that was a threat to American civil liberties, analyst Hayes Brown wrote for MSNBC on Thursday.

Specifically, Trump's "Spygate" claims that his campaign was illegally snooped on by federal authorities led him to demand the expiration of the wrong statute, and now the passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reauthorization is up in the air as a small group of House Republicans are joining all Democrats to oppose it.

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'Understandable': LA Times mistakenly claims Trump served O.J.'s prison term

A major newspaper mixed up Donald Trump's name for O.J. Simpson's in an obituary for the NFL star-turned-accused murderer.

The Los Angeles Times used the former president's name in a prewritten obituary, which media outlets typically have at the ready for celebrities, political figures and other noteworthy individuals, instead of using Simpson's name in a published version that was quickly corrected.

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Rudy Giuliani's defense fund could lose massive donation over new lawsuit

A lawsuit filed in Georgia seeks to recover a $100,000 donation to Rudy Giuliani's legal defense fund. The donation came from Matthew Martorano, a Donald Trump supporter accused of participating in an online skincare product scam.

The lawsuit alleges that the donation should be returned to victims of the alleged fraud, according to CNBC. Martorano's software was accused of helping the scammers hide the number of chargebacks they received, which is a sign of potential fraud.

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'Are you afraid of me?' 'Firebrand' Matt Gaetz mocked for running away from reporter

Rep. Matt Gaetz's "firebrand" reputation is being questioned by a self-described "good-natured midwesterner" journalist who greeted the Florida Republican with a "Congressman, hi!" then watched him run away.

Atlantic staff writer Elaine Godfrey Thursday shared her strange chase after Gaetz in a lengthy profile that spends much of its time detailing the firebrand's frantic flight from a reporter with questions.

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'Nobody cares what MTG thinks': Republicans fed up with 'chaos' stand up to firebrand

In late October, allies of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) breathed a sigh of relief when House Republicans unanimously confirmed him as House speaker — a confirmation that followed weeks of chaos and turmoil after former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from that position.

But after six months as speaker, Johnson may face the same fate that McCarthy suffered.

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Alex Jones blames O.J.'s death on 'completely made up' conspiracy theory

In the wake of O.J. Simpson's death from prostate cancer, Alex Jones Thursday suggested a COVID-19 vaccine was to blame, referencing a conspiracy theory of which there is no evidence.

Jones's X post on the subject included a video released during the pandemic that shows Simpson endorsing COVID-19 vaccines and encouraging people to "get your shots."

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Trump wants to bombard voters with more debates — despite skipping them all so far

The campaign of Donald Trump — who skipped every GOP primary debate — has written to the Commission on Presidential Debates asking that they arrange to increase the amount planned before the election, Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey reported on Thursday.

Though he did town hall events with CNN and Fox News, he refused to take part in any debates with his Republican competitors for the nomination.

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'Rubbish, you do not vote early!' Mike Lindell goes ballistic at RNC election strategy

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell lashed out at the Republican National Committee for encouraging early voting and ballot harvesting.

During his Wednesday night show on FrankSpeech, Lindell said RNC attorney Charlie Spies might discourage Arizona Republicans from filing a brief supporting his Supreme Court case against voting machines.

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Tennessee Republican's fight against cousin marriage ban ends in massive defeat

The dream of legalized cousin marriage ended for one Tennessee state lawmaker on Thursday when his last-ditch bid to block the bill banning the practice went down in defeat.

Local news station WSMV reports that a bill making it illegal to marry your first cousin sailed through the Tennessee House of Representatives on Thursday, with just two members, both Republicans, voting to oppose the measure.

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'Thought he was being deviously clever': Analyst says MAGA ally just exposed big Trump lie

Steve Bannon’s attempt to talk up a Donald Trump “secretive scheme” on the campaign trail blew up in his face when he exposed a large lie instead, according to a new political analysis.

“Bannon no doubt thought he was being deviously clever,” Greg Sargent wrote for the The New Republic Thursday.

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Alex Jones says he'll sue CIA after video suggests attempts to entrap him

Conspiracy theorist and right-wing radio host Alex Jones claims he's going to sue the CIA and FBI after footage circulated online that purported to be from a hidden camera and suggested the agencies were trying to entrap him.

A group called Sound Investigations, which claims to look at corruption in adult industries, shared what it said was secretly-recorded footage showing conversations with a man who said he was a CIA contracting officer and that he was trying to goad Jones into illegal activities.

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